Opalemo said this on Wednesday 20th of June 2018 during the 8th Annual Public Lecture/ Fund Raising to Commemorate the 2018 World Sickle Cell Awareness Day and therefore pleaded with the government and other concerned stakeholders for their support as this problem needs to be tackled and managed to avoid premature deaths.

The event themed Breaking the silence on Sickle Cell was a platform for Nigerians to contribute to this movement in one way or the other. with Notable dignitaries in attendance, likes of Director , Human Recourses and Administration, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) Mr. Adeniyi Adekoya, Chairman of Eredo L/G Hon. Sabiu Omolaja Adelaja,Dr Mrs Funmilayo Olatunji Representative of former Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Dr. Leke Pitan, Representative of BolanleAmbode (1st lady in Lagos state) etc.

According to Opalemo who herself is a carrier, ignorance and the culture of silence have largely contributed to the rising number of carriers in the country and advised young couples aspiring to get married to ensure they check their genotype to avoid crisis like this.

Speaking with Hon Sabiu Adelaja, he appealed to the government to make provisions for those with sickle cell by making their medicines and treatments very affordable for everyone and also create enough awareness on this crisis. He also asked government to ensure that people suffering from this illness should no longer be discriminated because they are Human beings also and they didn’t ask to be in the kind of situation they are.

On Wednesday 2oth of june, The leaders of the Nigeria Intervention Movement adopted a new party, Alliance for New Nigeria, and it was declared policy of a political party for the 2019 elections.

The adoption and announcement of the party was made in Lagos by the coalition which has leaders, including Dr. Olisa Agbakoba and Dr. Abduljalil Tafawa Balewa, as members of the National Executive Council.

Speaking during the declaration in Lagos, NIM’s National Co-Chairman, Agbakoba, said the need to restore hope to Nigerians by a new breed of leaders of conscience informed their alliance with ANN.

Agbakoba lamented that “Nigerians have been overwhelmed by the extant quality of politics going on, as manifested by reckless pursuits of self-serving and exploitative politics of the entrenched political class.” Agbakoba, represented by NIM’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Nasser Kura, said: “Given the timeline for the next elections, our popular resolve is to adopt a fresh and untainted political party with clear potential of delivering dividends of democracy to our people towards realisation of the new Nigeria of our dreams.

NIM said it will be joining forces with the Action Democratic Party For the Ekiti State governorship election holding on July 14, 2018.

Set to form the grand electoral alliance with the ADP are People’s Trust, Social Democratic Party, African Democratic Congress, United Progressive Party, Labour Party, National Conscience Party, Action Alliance, Kowa Party and People’s Party of Nigeria among others.

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